Comments on: How to Choose Wallpaper (If You Dare)

By: ida

ida — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:37:55 +0000

i think i might look nice in the bathroom. now i learned what type. lol i had NO idea.

By: living large

living large — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:03:10 +0000

I, too, have removed wallpaper off of unsized walls to the detriment of my walls (now partially hidden by my hall of mirrors!), but I am inching my nerve up to paper the upstairs hallway in a paper by Raymond Waites. It’s a burnished gold ostrich, not an overwhelming pattern, but the color is glowingly lovely in a area that tends to be a darker space. The tooled leather in red is talking to me for my dining room/library. I have an deep and abiding love for fabric walls but these two rooms are taller than I want to conquer. I loved the light-filled white spaces (I painted all of my walls white at first—24 years ago), but now am drawn to more pattern, color, texture. I’m a Libra, so I suppose this is my way of balancing my scales!

By: hookedonhouses

hookedonhouses — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:53:13 +0000

Thanks for sharing another point of view, Melissa! I know you’re right (and so is Marni Jameson), and wallpaper has changed since the early ’90s when I sold it, but I think the days of everyone having wallpaper in their homes–in every room–are gone.

By: Melissa @ The Inspired Room

Melissa @ The Inspired Room — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:51:40 +0000

Ha. Ok, I’ll be disagreeable. I happen to think that in the right house, with the right kind of paper, the right type of wall and the right kind of room, wallpaper is a great choice. It offers warmth and a softness that paint never can. I too have removed more
wallpaper than I care to remember, and most always choose paint.

But there is definitely a time and place for wallpaper. It takes a good eye to know when to use it and what to choose, however, so it isn’t something you want to rush into lightly. Gone are the days of wallpapers-to-go and many of their tacky papers and borders featuring geese or country themes. Today there are way more stylish options out there! So many textures and classic papers to choose from–not to mention all the creative options for styles and application (parts of walls, putting it on furniture, ceilings, etc.). Times have definitely changed and wallpaper is more in vogue again.

Melissa

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:45:23 +0000

I’ve spent way too many hours of my life pulling off ugly wallpaper from my walls. It was hard and long and left big chunks taken out of my walls. I do like the look of some wallpapers but what’s the life expectancy of wallpaper, 5 years maybe before you can’t stand to look at it anymore? I’m not buying it.

By: momster

momster — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:16:14 +0000

Nope, ain’t gonna go the wallpaper way. Too many bad memories. Of course, you might check back in with me in a year or two when “everyone” has wallpapered everything that doesn’t move. I may be drooling by then.

By: Hairy Weisenheimmer

Hairy Weisenheimmer — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:14:48 +0000

I’m going to have to agree with you on this one. I absolutely HATE wallpaper! My mom has to have wallpaper in every room of the house and it drives me bonkers when we visit. lol